Aleks Kurgvel papers
Abstract
Personal documents, correspondence, professional documents regarding Aleks Kurgvel's work in the Intelligence Service.
Dates
- 1917-1982
Language of Materials
Estonian, German, English, Russian, Finnish
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
13.09.1904 - 16.07.1982 New York, New York, U.S.A. Born in Kuressaare, Estonia (Aleksei Kurgvel). Wife: Salme Kurgvel (nee Epler, 1909, married in 1928); sons: Jaan (1931) and Rein (1939) Krugvel. Worked in the Intelligence Service.
Extent
1 Linear foot
Arrangement
Collection is organized into five series and 27 folders. Series I Personal and biographical documents, Series II Correspondence, Series III Professional and societal activities, Series IV Collected materials, and Series V Photographs.
PROVENANCE
Collection transferred to the IHRC from the Estonian Archives in the U.S.A. (EAU) in 2003-2005. It was processed as part of a collaborative project between the Estonian Archives in the USA (Lakewood, New Jersey), the National Archives of Estonia (NAE), and the IHRC in March 2009. Gristel Ramler and Birgit Nurme of the National Archives in Tallinn, Estonia, worked with IHRC staff on the project.
RELATED COLLECTIONS
Collection of Sõjavägede Staap in the National Archives of Estonia: ERA.495; Personal collection of Saarsen, Villem in EAU (Lakewood): E242; Personal collection of Madise, Juhan in the EAU: IHRC3138
- Title
- Inventory of the Aleks Kurgvel papers.
- Author
- IHRC Archives
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding Aid in English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Immigration History Research Center Archives Collecting Area
